Tiësto returned to London for his first headline show in eight years, an open-air set at Silverworks Island.
Tiësto, the DJ who played the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, headlined Silverworks Island in the Royal Docks on Sunday 12 July 2026. It was his first headline show in London for eight years.
Born Tijs Verwest in Breda in 1969, he began DJing at school parties at 14 and later held weekend residencies in the city. He founded Black Hole Recordings in 1997.
His 2000 remix of Delerium’s “Silence”, with Sarah McLachlan, reached listeners beyond the clubs. A leading DJ poll ranked him the world’s number one from 2002 to 2004.
His remix of John Legend’s “All of Me” won the Grammy for Best Remixed Recording in 2015. Elements of Life reached number one on the US electronic albums chart in 2007.
The open-air set was built around his trance records. He opened with “Don’t Lose Your Head”, played “Southern Sun” and “Insomnia”, and finished on “Adagio for Strings” and “Thank You (Not So Bad)”.
Pegassi, Massano, SWIM and Millie Cotton played the main stage before him. A second stage ran Evian Christ with Tommy Holohan.